Social Security, United States

Outlines the history and development of the American system of Social Security from the 19th century to the present day, including details of the Social Security Act of 1935 and each major reform to the act. Also examines programs in other countries.

Annual chartbook highlighting data on the most important aspects of the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs—the people they serve and the benefits they provide. Online from 2000 to present.

This publication covers the population aged 65 or older. The unit of analysis, with the exception of measures of poverty and family income of persons, is the aged unit, which is a married couple living together or a person who does not live with a spouse. Online from 1996 to present.

"This annual publication provides data on the Social Security population at the local level. It presents basic program data by type of benefit (retirement, survivors, and disability) and category of beneficiary (retired and disabled workers, wives and husbands, widows and widowers, and children)." Online from 1999 to present.

"This annual publication focuses on the Social Security beneficiary population at the ZIP Code level. It presents basic program data on the number and type of beneficiaries and the amount of benefits paid in each state, Social Security Administration field office, and ZIP Code. It also shows the number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older." Online from 2003 to present.

"The data describe the characteristics of beneficiaries—for example, age, sex, income, and type of disability—and the type of benefits they receive (retired-worker, survivors, disabled-worker benefits, and so on). The data are also presented by state and, in some reports, by county or congressional district." Online from 1997 to present.